The French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1872), son of a wealthy merchant, studied in Rouen. During the years 1825-1828 he stayed in Rome. In this city he painted the Colosseum, the Castel of Sant'Angelo and the church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti, whose construction was initiated in 1502 by King Louis XII of France to celebrate the invasion of Naples.